Hair-drying comb.



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` provide( along its back with an opening in vto iii tlie following description and indica-ted 4.with an mening 2 adjacent to the body HAm-DRYING COMB.

. No. 899,0a, specificati@ Letters Patent.

Application filed October 8,

To all -ufiom 'it may concern: i. i

Be it known that. I, l`no.\i,\ sV il. l"ii:.\i.ix, citizen ol' the United States, residing at lleni-'er cit v., coiintvof leiiver, and State ot' Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iii Hair-.Drying Combs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is designed to provide a. comb specially adapted for drying the lia-ir and which ina-y be litted t.o a curling iron or like device ada-)ted to be. heated, so as to iiiipiirt, by conduction, its` heat. to the comb foridriviiig otl` danipiicss or iiioistnre from the haii' as t-lie comb is ias-sed. therethrough.

For a full understan: ing oi' the invention and llie merits thereof' and also to acquire a knowledge of the detailsl of construction and the means for ctl'ecting the. result, reference is to be had to the following description and accom iaiiying drawings.

llf'liille the invention may be adapted to dillerciit forms and conditions by changes iii the structure and minor details within the scope of the appended claims without dc.- partiiig from the spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment is shown in the accoiiipairvingr drawings, in which:

Figure l is a lperspective View of a comb embodying the invention, showing the same litted to a curling iron of ordinary foi'iiiat ion. Fig. 2 is :'i peispect-ive view of the comb. Fig. 3 isa top plan View of the comb, bringing outy more clearly the clainp b v means of which it is secured to the curling iron or like element. Fig. 4 is an end view of the comb.

Corresponding and like parts are referred in all the views of the drawings b v the saine reference characters.

The colnbis essentially of metal and may be of am' size, design or iiianufacliire, and is which the curling iron or like device is litted. The liollowortubular back l is split or formed of the com to admit of the heat. radiating directly ,from the iron 3, thereby liastening the operation of drying the hair wh.-:i the comb is in use. The opening 2 also'admits of the back i -i'iclding so as to adapt. itselfto variations iii thesiye .of t-he curling iron or like device to which the comb mav be fitted. 1n the preferableconstruction, the comb is constructed of sheet inet-al, one edge being 1907. snaai Nq'. 396,456. A f:

t cutv to provide the. teeth and the opposite edgejrolled to forni a hollow or tubular back t designed to receive. the device to which the comb is litted. (`lamp members 4 extend from one cnd of tlie hollow back'l in line |30 therewith and are. adapted to grip the device to wliiclrthe comb is litted so as to retain it in place. RTlie clamp members 4 are an in# tegral part, of the sheetl metal blank from which the comb is formed. portions of. the clamp members L lliire slightly to facilitate. the entrance of the iron or other device 3 when placing the comb ii\position to be slipped thereon.

lnas'iniich as the comb is dcsigiictbfor use 7e iii connection with a. curling iron, it. is shown so applied. the iron and cooperatingr clam i being inserted in the space of the hollow bnc Y t. 'lhe clanip iiieinl'ieizs` 4 eiiilirace oppositesides of a, handle. ineniberof the iron adjacent to the. pivot connection of the two nienibers,`

the. contrat-tml end portions` formed by the llared terminals-closiiig in the rea-r of the handle member so as to prevent. outward disilaceiiieiit of tliecomb when sli i ed ii )on the 8e t l l l iron. heii using the eonib, l ie iron is liist heated, after which it. is slipped into tlic opening or spa-ce formed in the hollow backl when the heat b v the well known principle of conduction will be distributed throughout 35 the comb aiidwhen passing tliela'ttei' through the hair, the moisture or danipness thereofA will be driven oil'.

llaving tiius described the invention, what is claimed :is new is:

1,90 1. A metallic comb having a hollow back adapted to receive a. heated iron. said hollow back beingr longitudinally split to provide for contraction and expansion to adapt the back to receive heated irons Varying iii size. 9.3

2. A metallic comb provided :it one ciid with a Ispring claiiip for securing the lsaine to an iron or like device.

A. A metallic comb having a hollow back to receive an iron and having a spring clamp too longitudinally split. throughout its length to im enable the same to contract. or expand and provided at. one end with coniplcnieiital spring clamp nieziiberswhose outer terminals llare.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a'coziio 110 The outer end c5.

formed of sheet metal having teeth along one I t'stmony whreof l 'alflx my signature I ond and lmvmg lts oppomte edge rolledfto in presence of twowitncsses.

-' form a hollow back and 11a-vinoP opposiely f disposedspring cla-mp membcrsbin lille with THOMAS 'H' FUIMAN 5'! j 5 the back to -ccur'e the comb upon au iron or VJtnesses:

like do'vice sli'pped into the space formed in i; W. lV. VHITE, A the back of Saul comb. W. F. HYNES 

